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CVE-2015-6831 (GCVE-0-2015-6831)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-19 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:36

Summary

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in SPL in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) ArrayObject, (2) SplObjectStorage, and (3) SplDoublyLinkedList, which are mishandled during unserialization.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

Assigner

microfocus

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3344	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76737	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70169	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70168	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/19/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70166	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70155	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2015-08-05 00:00

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      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2015-6831",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2015-6831.json",
      "version": "10"
    }
  }
}

ubuntu-cve-2015-6831

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-08-27 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

Severity

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6831	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/19/3	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2758-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6831	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-php5",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-php5filter",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libphp5-embed",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php-pear",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-cgi",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-cli",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-common",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-curl",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-enchant",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-fpm",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-gd",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-gmp",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-intl",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-ldap",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-mysql",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-mysqlnd",
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          {
            "binary_name": "php5-odbc",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-pspell",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-readline",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-recode",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-snmp",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-sqlite",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-sybase",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-tidy",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-xmlrpc",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "php5-xsl",
            "binary_version": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "php5",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/php5@5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu3",
        "5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "5.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu3",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11",
        "5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in SPL in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) ArrayObject, (2) SplObjectStorage, and (3) SplDoublyLinkedList, which are mishandled during unserialization.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6831",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:49Z",
  "published": "2015-08-27T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6831"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/19/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2758-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6831"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2758-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-6831"
  ]
}

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CVE-2015-6831 (GCVE-0-2015-6831)

ubuntu-cve-2015-6831

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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